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Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

HHS Issues Guidance on HIPAA Privacy Rule and COVID-19 Vaccinations

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On September 30, 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Civil Rights issued guidance to help the public and employers understand what privacy rules apply to disclosures and requests for...more

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Is Asking an Employee if They’re Vaccinated a HIPAA Violation? What Employers Need to Know

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“Are you fully vaccinated?” This seems to have become a million-dollar question that employers want to pose to their workers, but confusion abounds regarding the legal contours of this deceptively dangerous question. Many...more

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HIPAA and COVID-19 – OCR Publishes Online Guidance on the Application of HIPAA

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The Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”), which is the federal agency that enforces the health care privacy rules under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”), recently published guidance covering various...more

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HIPAA Considerations for Covered Entity Employers Seeking Employee Proof of COVID-19 Vaccination

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As employees return to the workplace, an increasing number of employers are asking their workers to provide proof of their COVID-19 vaccinations. This has led to many questions and concerns about whether such a practice is...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

New HIPAA Guidance from OCR on COVID-19 Vaccines and the Workplace

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued guidance regarding the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) privacy rule (the “Privacy Rule”) in the...more

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

HHS Clarifies That Inquiries About COVID-19 Vaccination Status Are Not a Violation of Privacy Rights Under HIPAA

Since the arrival of the COVID-19 vaccines earlier this year, we have often fielded questions from business owners as to whether asking customers, clients, and employees about their vaccination status is in violation of...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Masks And Vacs, Oh My!

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The good news is that the COVID19 pandemic appears to be on the wane. The bad news is that there is a ton of confusion and risk right now in the employment setting around masks, for employees and customers, and around...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Healthcare Employee Data Privacy during the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented many novel challenges and questions for employers, from administration of Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) leave to managing performance of remote workers. For healthcare...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

OCR Waives HIPAA Penalties Against Providers Using Electronic COVID-19 Vaccine Scheduling

On February 24, 2021, the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“OCR”) announced that it will not impose penalties against covered entities or their business associates that use online...more

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HIPAA Amendments and Other Trump Regulatory Actions on Hold

In the waning days of the Trump administration, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced a number of new initiatives, including proposed HIPAA amendments, and a very recent COVID-19 related Notice of Enforcement...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Data Security Obligations Continue to Tighten Under New HIPAA Rules

The Department of Health & Human Services released much-anticipated new rules January 17, which continue to tighten data security obligations for most companies. Specifically, HHS has modified existing Regulations (45 CFR...more

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